Feeding mechanism for interlacing machines



May 19, .1931.

G. W. MUDD FEEDING MECHANISM FOR INTERLACING MACHINES Filed Sept. 4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 19, 1931.

G. W. MUDD FEEDING MEGHANISM FOR INTERLAGING MACHINES ,Filed Sept. 4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 R N R i l lv vThis inventionrelates toimprovements feeding j` mechanism! particularly 'adapted,'

Pate'ntledMay 19,1931: r i

GABRETT ifivmnn, [or A GIIIQGO) ILLINOIS,AssIGNoImITo MAII'I'II'AQ'IURERSQI e l IvIAoIIINEIprooIIPANY,YOFCIIICAGQILLINOIS, .'r-conrormrreir-orl ILrINoIs-l '5 Y i' FEEDIIIGMCIIANISM vIVRIII'IEIiIruiniert yIiIAcIIfINEs i though notnecess'ari-ly'limitel in' its use with v 'machines forinterlacing hair, fibers andthe like, andone kof theohjects of the invention fisto 'feed the material and evenly distribute jthe'same into the interl'aeing machine, Where-` hy apacl'ofuniform thickness anl'density Willrbe provided.l

" A further( ohjptfis yto Aprovifd'e" ."proved machine ofthis' haracter embodying 4a delivery or discharge spout Yornozzle and Y ,improved means for vibratingy or Ocllating the" nozzle, during the delivery or 'discharge of the, materi al; therefrom, they material being 4delivered` into andffromthenozfzle by een,- trifugalqforcei. l i

v.To the' attainmentk of these endsand tac-V Complis'h'ment of Other'new and useful objects i on. linell, Figure urel. Y 'f irrRefer'rmg more `partieul,arlyvr thev ings the numeral l() designatesla Casing of-any desired s'ize'and Conlifblfuration,y vvithinlwhich v-is arrangecl'a 'rotary' member k1l r having proe jee'tio'nslQ and whieh casing is provided Iwith an inlet openingliand a'disclharg'e" outletl4-. The casing 10 is preferably o'yfaonsilerablek- 'length asis 'also the rotary member l'glthef' v Outlet1`l4 extending throughout the' length v of Vthe'casing so Aasto provide'ianextended y :sages :15 throulgh the deliveryv end thereof n finto thejfspiouts"orfnozzleslL The material 5 A b "defieted 1 downwardly thregh` the .t

fas will` appear, the'inventionfconsists1in the Vfeatures of novelty in Substantially the y voonrstruction, ',combination and farrangementfof the several parts -hereinaftermore fullyfde` scribed andY claimedl and shown a the afef Lcompanyi'ng drawings illustrating" this; rr1n.-

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"The" material maybefedinto the easing rlinany suitable manner suoh asby meansof Y a eloiiveyor 21 andfrom the conveyor tht/@111.2% terial'passes betWeen'tWo rollers 22-2'3; respectively,Providedt with ribs: or protections e 244,25 toa''ssi'stinoon'veying the-.materialand t ythe IIilftl'falfilis rpassed:betweentherollers e .e ',2223it is delivered into'the inletopening `13 ofthe Ycasing andfwillfthenbe 4caught by the ribs orfprojeetions `l2 onthe rotary element :11i-and ffroecl by'centrfugal force to and through the discharge, outlet opening 14.1 Y

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conv'eyed bythe element 11, it Will be disintegrat'efl;` and theelernent 111 will throwthe material' by ycentrifug'al f forceA through the discharge openngl finto the tubes or pasnozzles int'o the container 19 and as the material leaves the nozzle the air, if any is carried with the material, through the cut away portion 20 into the atmosphere. A

The element 11 may be driven in any suitable manner from a suitable source of power (not shown) by means of a belt 26 and the rollers 22-23 may also be driven in any suitable mannerrpreferably from the shaft 27 of the element, 11, through the medium of a belt A28 that passes over a pulley 29 on` ashaft 30. Connected also with the shaft 30 may be a pulley 31 over which a belt 32' passes, and this'belt' in turn passes overY a' v pulley 33 on the shaft 34 of the roller 22, the rollers 22 and y'23 being "connected 1together in any suitable manner so that one will be operated by the other.` i As the material is delivered through the s uts or nozzles 17 and in order to evenly distribute the rmaterial within the receptacle orI container 19 so as to produce a pad of uniform thickness and density, an oscillator swin' ing movement is imparted to te nozzles 7 with respect to the tubes or "assages 15., `o that end the nozzles 17 may connected together by Vmeans of a suitable connecting rod 35k hingedly connected as at y 36 toarms or projections 37 depending below the nozzles. i v l y c crank lever 38 is pivotally mounted atr39 to a suitable support 40. Oney arm :i the lever ris connected by means of a link 41 with the bar or connection 35 and to the nher arm ofthe lever'is connected one end 0 a link 42. The other end of the link 42 is connected with a member 43 provided with a slot 44 through which the shaft 30 passes'. Mounted upon the member 43 is a roller 45 which operates in a groove 46 of a cam mem- 47., The cam member is secured to the shaft 30 for rotation therewith so thatwhen the lshaft 30 is rotated the cam member 47 correspondingly rotated and the bell lever 38 will e rocked to impart Aa yinging movement to the nozzles or spouts .Obviously rthe groove. 46in the camrmay the'desired vmovement to the nozzle 17. ,y

ile the preferred `form lof the 'invention vhas 'been kherein shown and described','it is i 1.*Means for feeding`- hair to and` distrib-l uting the same in an interlacing machine ema f casing having an inlet forv the materialLadischar e outlet rom'the `casi-ng having two spaced delivery openings, down;

will escape be of any desired configuration to impart c wardly curved extended delivery spouts individual to said outlets and swingingly supported with respect thereto, cam means common to said spouts for imparting a swinging movement to said spouts in unison for distributing the material with respect to the interlacing machine, and means within the casing for disintegrating the material and for throwing the same through said outlets by centrifugal force. i

2. Means for feeding hair` to and distributing thesame in an interlacing machine embodying a casing having an inlet for the material; a discharge outlet from the casing having two spaced deliveryopenings, vdownwardly curved extended delivery spouts individual to" saik' outlets and swingingly suported with respect thereto, said spouts havuting the same in an interlacing machine embodying a casing havin an extended dischargeY outlet shaped to n orm two separated delivery` openings, means within the casing for disintegratmg the material and for throwing it' simultaneously through both of said cpenin vs by centrifugal force, and nozzlcsl indivi ual to said openings and connected with the respectiveoutlets 'for free lswi movement with respect thereto to distrlbu e the material 'in the interlacing machine, said inozzles bein curved downwardly 'and ypaced from eac other, the wall of the nozzles against whichthe material rstrikes as it enters the downwardl curved portion being concaved, one side ro each of the nozzles being cut away to permit air which may' be carried by' the material to escape from the nozzle independently lof the material being delivered therethrough.

4.. Means for feedin hair toand distributing 'the same in an in erlacing machine embodying a casing having an extended discharge outlet shaped to form ftwo separated delivery openings, means within vthe casing Afor disintegratlng the material and for throwing yit simultaneously through both of 'said -o enings by centrifugal force, nozzles individual to said openings and connected with the respective outlets for free swinging movement with respect thereto for distributing the` material in the interlacing -machine, said nozzles being ycurved downwardly and spaced from each other, said nozzlesy depending for a considerable distanoe,vthe wall of the nozzle against -which the material 1,805,528" i Y i Y 3 

